It was a call out of the blue from Colin Dowling, organiser of the new budget Honda Civic RX Irish Rallycross class, that led to me sitting behind the wheel for the final round of the 2013 championship.

The biggest rallycross event of the season, the second round of the Irish championship, also counting as the seventh and final round of the 2008 Kumho Tyres British Rallycross Championship, took place at Mondello Park on Sunday.

The final round of the 2007 Motorsport Ireland National Rallycross championship takes place at Mondello Park on Sunday with an excellent Supercar entry including Austin MacHale, writes RTE Sports John Kenny.